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.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd June 20, 2003
.Dt LOCALE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm locale
.Nd get locale-specific information
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl a | Fl m
.Nm
.Op Fl ck
.Op Ar keyword ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility is supposed to provide most locale specific information to
the standard output.
.Pp
When
.Nm
is invoked without arguments it will print out summary of current
locale environment depending on evnironment variable settings and
internal status. 
.Pp
When
.Nm
is invoked with arguments and no options specified it will print out
.Em keyword Ns No 's
value detemrined using current locale settings.
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent 
.It Fl a
Write names of all available locales.
While looking for locales
.Nm
will respect
.Ev PATH_LOCALE
environment variable, and use it instead of system default locale
directory.
.\" .It Fl m
.\" Write names of all available charmaps.
.It Fl k
Write the name and value of the selected keywords.
.It Fl c
Write the category name for the selcted keywords.
.El
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
The
.Nm
utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.Sh BUGS
Since
.Fx
does not support
.Em charpmap Ns No s
in their
.Em POSIX
meaning
.Nm
ignores
.Fl m
option
(support, but do nothing).
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